Strike

Some have rowed back on this

Yes - same - he's also left footed so we could have an attack with a lot of left footed players if Havertz - Ziyech - Lukaku are starting.

Don't mind it if City sign Ronaldo - would really compromise their pressing and movement

The Saul Niguez loan also tells me club want to keep the option of signing Declan Rice next year

Does Thiago Silva have a fitness concern? Has quietly gone off the radar at the club - not much has been made about it either

even though its arsenal i think we will need 11 players

I think this is a product of thinking every player is an asset. Bakayoko is negative value at this point and I don't see him having a good enough season to convince anyone to actually pay for him. Let him and the dregs just run down their contracts.

With Pulisic out - front 3 picks itself - Mount Havertz Lukaku

Credit to Marina/board tbh - lot of the dregs are out/on the way out. Striker is in. Some questionable deals like Guehi, Tomori but overall a good summer. A month ago people on her were constantly at it saying we're repeating 2017 all over again - its been nothing like it.

Even Ampadu. Not overly worried about CM 4 Squad is also stacked in attacking positions - Pulisic, CHO, Ziyech - one of them is going to find it hard to be in the XI without injuries

Really love how Lukaku came across in the interviews, clips posted yesterday. Doesn't feel like a new signing that needs time because he knows so many of the guys - remembers Azpi and the academy boys, knows Rudi, Zouma. I loved that bit where he says he told Havertz to join Chelsea when Inter faced Leverkusen in the Europa League. This is very different from the Lukaku that was in England years ago - he seems mentally more relaxed, at peace with himself. I think this Lukaku and Tuchel will be a good fit - definitely looking forward to the season that little bit more now.

Today's visuals from the flight in Kabul are so heartbreaking. No words.

Agree. Werner is only useful in a counter-attacking plan where we spend a lot of time behind the ball.

Interesting

Just that first goal from what I saw. Recovered to have a good game - lots of clean ball winning tackles.

Why not? he's not had a long run of good games after 2016-17. Sensible to rotate him for Chilwell who's the better LWB

This 3 CB system suits AC and all our centrebacks - the spare CB kept coming out to harry attackers in possession.

Tammy, Batshuayi. Ugbo and Miazga are going but shows the depth of the dregs that there's still a half a dozen or so to go Zappa, Drinkwater, Barkley, Sarr, Emerson,

I find the glee among some fans celebrating his departure very distasteful. The "he can't play football", "misses most of his chances" narrative is very tiring- he did score 21 goals in 58 games. He's just not the starting striker for a team challenging for the league.

That moment the team was around Chalobah was great!

Twitter buzz that Chalobah starts

United look good but this is also Leeds - who leave themselves open in games

new rules isn't it? thicker offside lines